Lupercus

American  

[loo-pur-kuhs] / luˈpɜr kəs /

noun

1. an ancient Roman fertility god, often identified with Faunus or Pan.

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Example Sentences

The Latins sometimes called him Incubus or the “Nightmare,” and at Rome he was worshipped as Lupercus, or Lynceus.

From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann

Munius Lupercus advances from Vetera with remnant of Legs.

From Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II by Fyfe, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)

The Lupercalia, originally a shepherd festival, were held in honor of Lupercus, the Roman Pan, on the 15th of February, the month being named from Februus, a surname of the god.

From The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar by Black, Ebenezer Charlton

Lupercus, an ancient Italian god, worshipped by shepherds as the protector of their flocks against wolves.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

Faunus is frequently called Inuus or the fertilizer, and Lupercus or the one who wards off wolves.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.